This is really amazing

As a deaf person I have daily issues dealing with idiots,eg people who tell me to get a hearing aid without knowing what type of hearing loss I have, and newsagents who hide their cash register display behind sweet racks etc etc.I suddenly wondered how do blind people access the internet. So i googled for text to speech free software and chose natural reader. I installed it and went to plusnet forums page, clicked on control and f9 and the software read out my latest post beautifully and loud even for deaf old me.I was gobsmacked. Oh the joys of technology. So oif any of you good people have eyesight problems please d/l the free natural reader software its simply brilliant

Re: This is really amazing

Yep, if I recall correctly MidnightCaller uses such a software package himself as he's dyslexic (so has difficulty processing written words). It's also worth mentioning that anyone with a Mac has text-to-speech software built in to their computer… including a voice that reads stuff out to the tune of Land of Hope and Glory.